Best Ever Albums

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

dmercado — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:21:38 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 01/28/2015 02:21

I thank Australia for these three

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Since I Left You by The Avalanches

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Woodface by Crowded House

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Lonerism by Tame Impala

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

latenighttv — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:04:50 GMT

Author: latenighttv

Posted: 01/27/2015 19:04

Had always been interested in Oz as a kid (Aborigines / koala bears / TV shows / Aussie Rules football) but never had any real way of checking out its music, which was kinda frustrating on some level, I think. Anyway, happened on some kind of compilation album about four or five years ago and I didn't know any of the artists on it, and it ended up having a few tracks that I really liked (a couple were 'Harness Up' by Died Pretty and 'Drugs' by Ammonia, I think), but then I kind of hit a wall as albums by those bands weren't too easy to find at the time. A couple of years later I found a youtube channel (that has since been kind of wound down) that had a lot of '80s and early '90s stuff from both Aus. and N.Z., and it was through there that I first found out about bands like The Triffids and The Stems. Joining BEA a while after that kind of gave me the extra push I needed to take a chance on albums by all of these “unheard of” bands...

Anyway, still exploring Aussie music these days and still finding stuff I really like – Regurgitator and The Fauves (a band who've released a crazy amount of albums) are the ones I've been giving time to lately. Guess there might be a belief that if these bands were any good then "we'd surely have heard of them", but it's crazy the amount of great music Oz has to offer - we just don't hear about it on the other side of the world because of simple reasons of geography and the fact that there's probably only one or two tickets out of Australia every year for musical acts, or in other words, the US or UK music marketing machines are only equipped / willing to accomodate one or two Aussie acts per year. That's fine – it's not the US or UK's job / remit / whatever to champion Australian music (or the music of anywhere else), but all the same, a lot of great music has been produced that didn't go international...

Discovered another good youtube channel a few weeks back for anyone interested (worth checking out if you're into '90s indie / alternative)...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMcKf68IeNFdzFK9icQyRw/videos

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 03:44:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/27/2015 08:44

Silverchair "Ana's Song" was everything for me- when I was twelve and a half

Also Diesel and Dust was honestly one of the best of the 80s

otherwise Im not sure

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:49:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2015 18:49

Dirty Three is firmly secure within my top 5 musicians of all time.

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

philbutrin — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:35:47 GMT

Author: philbutrin

Posted: 01/26/2015 17:35

noWaxJim wrote:

Thoroughly recommend The Lucksmiths for some dizzy indie-pop thrills and spills:

The Lucksmiths are a great indie-pop band, and i'd also recommend The Cannanes and Even As We Speak who mine a similar indie-pop vein. Although I've not enjoyed The Cannanes' more recent output, their earlier work is excellent. And Even As We Speak's only full-length, Feral Pop Frenzy, is one of my favorite albums.

Among new Aussie bands, Perth's Fait is getting a fair bit of attention from shoegaze/post-rock fans.

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Norman Bates — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:24:49 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 01/26/2015 12:24

The Apartments is back.

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Thank You Australia.

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:36:37 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 01/26/2015 10:36

Happy Australia Day fella.

Thoroughly recommend The Lucksmiths for some dizzy indie-pop thrills and spills:

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Re: Celebrate Australian Music

cartoken — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:09:41 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 01/26/2015 10:09

happy Australia day to you then 😁
here's my favorite:

1. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
2. Tame Impala - Lonerism
3. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
4. The Church - Starfish
5. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
6. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
7. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
8. AC/DC - Back in Black

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

videoheadcleaner — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 04:15:27 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/26/2015 09:15

Jhereko wrote:

Dallas Crane! Aw yiss.

Birds Of Tokyo. Oh no no no no. You can't not have Impala or Cut Copy then have them

and this Triple J Hottest 100 is terrible not to mention it was total bullshit that Taylor was disqualified.

This year was terrible.

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 03:48:29 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2015 08:48

Dallas Crane! Aw yiss.

Birds Of Tokyo. Oh no no no no. You can't not have Impala or Cut Copy then have them

and this Triple J Hottest 100 is terrible not to mention it was total bullshit that Taylor was disqualified.

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 03:24:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2015 08:24

It's all about Oren Ambarchi and Ben Frost
(also obligatory mentions of The Avalanches and Nick Cave blah blah etc)

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:40:10 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/26/2015 00:40

HazeyTwilight wrote:

It's very brave of you not to include any Tame Impala. Attempting to broaden the horizon of my somewhat limited knowledge of Australian music.

While I'm not the biggest fan of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, all the other albums I have some curiosity to check them out. Happy Australia day! :D

Didn't realise the Impala Army would be after me. I prefer their singles over their albums.

Hope this chart helps with those horizons

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:50:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/25/2015 22:50

The Motifs! 😁 They are the best, naturally. The events and surroundings that influenced their lives and lead them to making such beautiful music make Australia the best by extension. Happy Australia Day! ^_^

Oh The Cat's Miaow is Australian! I never knew. Hollow Inside is a classic track. Wonderfully wistful.

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whaat they're both from Melbourne. What's going on in Melbourne and why is it so sweet and wonderful? Do random passersby kiss you on the cheek and give you flowers?

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

HazeyTwilight — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:25:33 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 01/25/2015 22:25

It's very brave of you not to include any Tame Impala. Attempting to broaden the horizon of my somewhat limited knowledge of Australian music.

While I'm not the biggest fan of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, all the other albums I have some curiosity to check them out. Happy Australia day! 😁

Re: Celebrate Australian Music

Patman360 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:18:05 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 01/25/2015 22:18

Neat, great chart! Happy Australia day! Haven't listened to that much Australian music actually (Well besides the very big names), guess Since I Left You is probably my favourite Australian album though.

Cool idea though, I may steal it come for Ireland at some stage (I guess our national day would be Paddy's day...). 😨

Celebrate Australian Music

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:10:10 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/25/2015 22:10

Being Australia Day today (26th January), I thought I would commemorate with my best 100 Australian Albums of all time here.

However, if anyone else wants to celebrate and spruik their favourite Australian albums and musicians, do so here!